Knoks Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Knoks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knoks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia81:256,25623,728
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Knoks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Knoks Come From? nationality or country of origin

Knoks (Russian: Кнокс) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Knoks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Knoks reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 32 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 256,256. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 75 percent reside, Latgale, where 13 percent reside and Semigallia, where 13 percent reside. Other than Latvia Knoks occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 24 percent reside and Russia, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knocks91358/
Knooks911/
Knokse911/
Knoxs808/
Knaks800/
Kennocks770/
Knochs7311/
Knoggs730/
Knox6785,604/
Knoox602/
Knoxe602/
Knags602/
Knoex601/
Knoux601/
Knoxz601/
Cknox601/
Knocx601/
Kknox600/
Knaggs553,011/
Kneggs5526/
Knouxe551/
Knuggs551/
Knoxová504/
Kennegs502/

Knoks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Knoks in the Russian language
Кноксknoks-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Knoks
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